domestic energy storage News

Department of Energy Releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap

The U.S. Department of Energy this week released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap, the Department’s first comprehensive energy storage strategy. Announced in January 2020 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) seeks to create and sustain American leadership in energy storage. In addition to concerted research efforts, the ...

Dec. 22, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Energy Storage China 2019 will be held in September in Guangzhou, aiming to reform China’s energy market

The China’s Energy Storage Market will continuously grow from its current market value of more than $700 million to over $6 billion by 2024.Energy Storage Industry, as the supporting industry and key driver of energy structure adjustment, has broad application prospects in different fields such as traditional power generation, transmission and distribution, power demand side, auxiliary ...

May 9, 2019

By Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd.

BYD and Kostal ink strategic partnership for providing energy storage

BYD, a Chinese battery manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, has reportedly signed an agreement with Germany-based inverter maker Kostal for a new strategic partnership further aimed at providing energy storage solutions. Citing reliable sources, the deal will further see them merge their products for the European market, offering storage solutions to commercial and residential solar segments. ...

Sep. 12, 2018

By CMFE Research

Public Relations for Renewables and Technologies

With immediate effect Press Agency Krampitz has changed its name to Krampitz Communications - PR for Renewables and Technologies. This emphasises the internationally oriented agency’s communication expertise in the fields of renewable energy and new technology. Natural scientists and technology experts “In addition to renewable energy, our agency has in recent years also focussed on ...

Apr. 17, 2013

By Krampitz Communications

NY Legislature Passes Historic Legislation to Advance Energy Storage

New York's legislature took an important step to ensure its position as a first-mover among states in accelerating energy storage and the advanced energy economy. Led by Senator Joseph Griffo, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, and a bipartisan coalition of other state legislators, both chambers voted unanimously to pass NY Senate Bill 5190 and Assembly Bill 6571 to establish an Energy Storage Deployment ...

Jun. 23, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Speech on the economics of future energy supply options debate

Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening and for giving me the opportunity to participate in this debate. How much we are prepared to pay to meet carbon reduction targets is an important question to discuss. I am going to talk to you about how we in DECC are rising to this challenge: The national decarbonisation challenge; Reform of the UK electricity market; ...

Nov. 28, 2013

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

January 14 ESTAP Webinar: DOE OE Energy Storage Safety Strategic Plan

On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 from 2:30 - 4 p.m. ET, Clean Energy States Alliance will host a webinar on the OE strategic plan, released in December 2014, which provides a roadmap for grid energy storage safety. OE's Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager, will present an overview of the strategic plan. The plan addresses the full range of grid-, utility-, community-, and ...

Jan. 8, 2015

By US Department of Energy

Sonnen and Greensmith Enter the Commercial Energy Storage Fray

Commercial and industrial storage has been the fastest-growing part of the storage sector, and companies are taking notice. Two major energy storage companies launched new systems aimed at the C&I market in July. Sonnen, the stalwart German residential storage company that recently expanded into North America, announced its SonnenBatterie pro, which will reach customers in North America and ...

Aug. 2, 2016

By Greentech Media

Award Recognizes European Investor of the Year 2019

Stockholm, Sweden 22 May 2019 To acknowledge a champion of sustainable innovation, Cleantech Group has named SET Ventures European Investor of the Year 2019. Cleantech Group looked at the twelve months from March 2018 to March 2019 to find a European investor that demonstrated positive outcomes and progress across the major activity set – fundraising, realizing positive returns for LPs ...

May 22, 2019

By Cleantech Group LLC

September 10th Webinar for the Energy Storage Safety Working Group on Safety Validation and Risk Assessment R&D

On Thursday, September 10, the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), together with Sandia National Laboratories, will present a kick-off webinar for the Energy Storage Safety Working Group on Safety Validation and Risk Assessment Research and Development. Information on current energy storage safety R&D across government, industry and academia will be shared, as well as ...

Sep. 8, 2015

By US Department of Energy

Arizona Utility and NREL Launch One of the Largest-to-Date Home Energy Storage Studies

With home battery energy systems (BES) gathering market momentum, residents and utilities worldwide are weighing the benefits of storage. To advance understanding of this emerging technology, one utility in central Arizona is collaborating with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to launch one of the largest BES studies to date for up to 4,500 of its customers. Salt River Project ...

Oct. 29, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Sungrow Presents New PV Inverters Again at Intersolar 2013

Sungrow, a leading provider of renewable energy and the largest Asian producer of PV inverters, will participate in and present new PV inverters at the Intersolar 2013 exhibition in Munich, Germany on June 19, 2013, booth no.: B5-130. This past May, Sungrow introduced four new products and turnkey solutions for MW-inverters, the new SG500MX, SG250K3, SG100K3 and SG1000TS-MV at SNEC in Shanghai. ...

Jun. 14, 2013

By Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.

B. Riley Principal Merger Corp. II and Eos Energy Storage Announce Letter of Intent for Business Combination

B. Riley Principal Merger Corp. II (NYSE: BMRG, BMRG WS, BMRG.U) (“BRPM II”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) (“B. Riley Financial”), and privately held Eos Energy Storage LLC (“Eos”) today announced they have executed a letter of intent (“LOI”) for a business combination ...

Jun. 24, 2020

By Eos Energy Storage

Suntech Displays European Union AD-tariff Free Modules, Residential Energy Storage System (RESS) and Double Glass Module at Intersolar Europe 2013

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) ("Suntech Holdings" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its European Union anti-dumping (AD) tariff free modules, Residential Energy Storage System, and double glass module will be on display at Intersolar 2013 in Munich, Germany. Suntech will be able to provide an EU AD tariff-free version of all ...

Jun. 17, 2013

By Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd.

Ofgem and Government Pave the Way to a Smarter, More Flexible Energy System

November 15, 2016 -- Ofgem and the UK Government are asking for views on developing a smarter, more flexible and user-friendly energy system which could lower the energy bills of Great Britain's homes and businesses. A wealth of innovative technologies and services could deliver substantial savings, improve the reliability of GB's electricity supply and support the move to a low carbon energy ...

Nov. 15, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

Ohio Third Frontier Program Awards $1.35 MM to Calgon Carbon to Develop Carbon for Energy Storage

Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced today that the Ohio Third Frontier has awarded the company a $1.35-million grant from its Energy Program for the development and commercialization of advanced activated carbons for energy storage. The project will focus on developing a domestic source of activated carbons for a broad range of ultracapacitor storage ...

May 12, 2011

By Calgon Carbon Corporation

NREL team investigates secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), industry and academia are teaming to give batteries from electric drive vehicles (EV) a “second life.” NREL’s partner is an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE). Possible secondary uses for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries include residential and ...

Apr. 6, 2011

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Orange & Rockland and Sunrun To Bring Innovative Rooftop Solar and Battery Network To New York

Orange & Rockland (O&R) and Sunrun Inc. - a leading home solar, battery storage and energy services company - this week announced the companies have received approval to deploy rooftop solar and battery systems as part of an innovative virtual power plant project supporting New York's transition to clean, reliable, locally generated electricity. Beginning this year, Sunrun will bundle ...

Jun. 18, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Sunverge Selected for Proposed Virtual Power Plant in Maryland

Following a competitive bid process, Sunverge, provider of an industry-leading distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration and aggregation platform, recently announced that it has been selected by Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company, for a proposed behind-the-meter virtual power plant (VPP) project on the Elk Neck peninsula in Cecil County, Maryland. Sunverge was selected from five ...

May 13, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Georgia Power, PulteGroup Celebrate Opening of Atlanta's First Smart Neighborhood

Georgia Power and PulteGroup are celebrating the opening of Atlanta's first Smart Neighborhood™. Leaders from Georgia Power, PulteGroup, the Georgia Public Service Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, City of Atlanta and the project's technology partners joined together to officially open the neighborhood recently at PulteGroup's development in Atlanta's Upper West Side, one of the city's most ...

Jul. 26, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

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